Three University of Chicago students were robbed at gunpoint Saturday morning in Hyde Park, according to the school’s police department.
Three University of Chicago students robbed at gunpoint, police say
Category: Education
‘They are in my heart’: Classmates, friends gather to mourn the Payne family
Carrying a stuffie vigil organizers Circle of Love handed out to the more than 40 kids who came out to honor the Paynes — mom Briana, 27; and daughters Aurorah, 7, Ava, 6, and Alayna, 4, who were discovered on Feb. 21 after having been fatally shot in an apparent murder-suicide – at Bailey Elementary School in Lake Station Friday evening, a little girl named Samantha expressed the enormity of the loss.
“I miss the three of them so much,” Samantha said before her face fell. “They are in my heart.”
Samantha’s bravery opened the floodgates among the students, all of them still reeling from a week of trying to understand what happened to their friends.
Indiana businesses haven’t seen assessment increases that homes have, shifting the tax burden onto homeowners
As the Indiana General Assembly prepares to advance a property tax reform bill through the House starting this week, Lake County Finance Director Scott Schmal said legislators need to take a closer look at the root cause of increased property taxes for homeowners: the discrepancy in assessed value calculations of homes versus businesses.
West Harvey-Dixmoor District 147 parents, community advocates seek school board seats
Harvey resident Lizzie Welch-Aguiniga says she gave up on schools being support systems for children by the time she was 13. The oldest of 11 children raised by a mother struggling with drug addiction, Welch-Aguiniga says she reported the regular mental, physical and sexual abuse she and her siblings faced to anyone who would listen. […]
Semicolon bookstore will go on after community steps up to save the beloved institution
A fundraising campaign now aims to help owner Danielle Moore open a coffee shop that will boost business for the West Town space.
Illinois may let community colleges offer bachelor’s degrees in high-demand fields, and Aurora-area colleges are enthusiastic
The legislation, if passed, would allow community colleges to develop four-year baccalaureate programs in high-demand fields.
Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills District 181 OKs $2.3 million in building projects
Eight of the nine schools in the district — all, but Clarendon Hills Middle School — have some type of work scheduled for the summer.
State education bills on the move at halfway mark; session picks back up Monday
Education bills in the Indiana Statehouse drew scrutiny and controversy as the surviving bills head to the opposite chamber as the budget session reaches its halfway mark.
Discontinued violence-prevention program for struggling teens revived with $25 million
A Chicago non-profit received $25 million in funding Thursday to lead a previously discontinued violence-prevention program after the school board voted unanimously for its reinstatement.
As distraught parents plead, school board votes to keep Acero charter schools open, despite financial warning
The Chicago school board voted to keep open all of the seven schools slated for closure in the Acero Charter Network through the end of the 2025-26 school year.